Brick veneer



(No Model) `G.,S.B.5LSLEY. v BRICK VENERE.

No. 555,558. Patented P55. 25, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. BALSLEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BRICK VENEER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,358, dated February25, 1896.

Application tiled October 8, 1895. Serial No. 565,001. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. BALSLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Brick Veneers, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of bricks expressly designedfor veneer-ing wooden or other buildings and to form between thebuilding and the veneer an airspace which may be used for insulation orventilation.

The invention further consists in the construction of the device forconnecting the veneer wall to the wall of the building and in thecombination, arrangement and construction of the various parts, all asmore fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a brick-veneer wall,showing it applied to a wooden building embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a detached perspectiveview of two of the interlocking bricks between the wall and the buildingdetached. Fig. et is a section similar to Fig. 2, showing amodiiication.

It has been customary to applybrick veneer to the walls of woodenbuildings, and metallic connections have been employed between suchbricks and the building; but in applying such bricks it has beencustomary to lay the bricks up close against the wooden walls, with theresult that any movement of the wall was apt to dislodge the brick,besides leaving no space for insulation or ventilation. It has also beenfound that the wood when the brick was thus applied to it was apt to rotand decay, and the metallic connection between the two walls would soonrust out.

A represents the sheathing or the outer wall of a wooden house.

I3 represents suitable stan dard bricks, some or all of them having ontheir under faces the sockets C.

D are tie-bricks or stay-bricks having on their upper faces the lugs Eadapted to enter the recess in the bottom of the standard brick andleave sufficient room between for the cement or mortar. Thesestay-bricks are pro.- vided on one side with a lateral extension F of awidth corresponding to the space which it is desired to have between thewooden building and the veneer wall.

The tie which I preferably employ consists of a metallic strap havingthe securing portion G provided with suitc ble means for securing it tothe wooden building-as, for instance, it may be provided with aperturesto receive nails or screws-*with the horizontal portion H bent, as shownat I, to engage with the lugs E of the bricks D. The horizontal portionI-I may be single, as shown in Fig. l, or may be bifurcated, as shown inFig. 3,the bifurcations embracing the two lugs on the brick D orentering the sockets. In building such a wall as this I may use only thestandard bricks B, placed the desired distance from the sheathing A toleave a space or iiue J between the two walls. In this case the mortarmay be iilled in the sockets C and act as the tie between the bricks,and the portion I of the tie is engaged in such sockets, as shown inFig. 4, wherever desired in the wall, and the portion G secured to thewooden building. I prefer, however, to use t-he bricks D with the lugsand preferably with the side extension, the portion I ofthe metallic tieengaging over the lugs E of the bricks D. This latter construction Ideem the preferable one because it will give a bearing for the veneer onthe side of the building to always maintain the flue J, regardless ofthe rusting out of the ties. These bricks D may be placed as far apartas desired to give the necessary stability to the structure.

The bricks B provided with the sockets and superimposed, as shown inFig. 2, will be tied together better than the usual bricks by engagingthe mortar into the sockets, as shown in that iigure. This constructiongives me an air rlue or chamber between the veneering and the wall ofthe building, which, as stated in the caption of the specification, maybe used forinsulation or ventilation.

lVhat I claim as my invention isl. The combination with a wall of abuilding, of a veneer wall therefor, bricks in said veneer wall havingprojections on one surface, bricks adjacent to said bricks havingrecesses registering with said projections, and

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ties for said Veneer wall haring portions lying in said recesses betweenthe projections and the walls of the recesses, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with the wall of abuilding and a brick-Veneer wallthereon, having bricks with interlocking portions on their upper andlower faces, of a tie adapted to hold the Veneer free from the building,consisting of a metallic strap having a Vertical securing portion and ahorizontal locking or stay portion passing between the interlockingbricks and engaging the interlocking portions of the brick,substantiallT as described.

3. The combination with the wall of a building, of a brick Veneercomprising the bricks D arranged at intervals having the lugs E on oneface, and the bricks B provided with the sockets C in which the lugs areadapted to engage and ties engaging the lugs passing between the bricksand adapted to be secured to the wall of the building, the partscombined as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix niy signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. BALSLEY.

. \Vitnesses: JAMES VHITTEMORE,

M. B. ODOGHERTY.

